An investigation is underway following a deadly Christmas night shooting in the Center Point area. Birmingham police and Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies responded to the scene shortly after 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in a neighborhood on the 500 block of 26th Avenue N.W. Police radio traffic indicated the victim was shot in unincorporated Jefferson County and ran a block before collapsing within Birmingham city limits. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Because the shooting originated in the unincorporated area, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office will lead the investigation. No further details have been released at this time.
This marks the second deadly shooting in the Center Point area in less than 48 hours. On Monday, at 11:50 p.m., police responded to a report of a person down in the 200 block of Polly Reed Road; that individual later died.